Welcome to our podcast series about Grannis Island.
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In this video podcast, you will learn about why the salt marsh is a good habitat. We will get to see fiddler crabs, Asian green crabs, and purple marsh crabs. We will also learn about food webs, adaptations, and recycling.
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Learn about the history of this remarkable island. Nick Bellatoni, the State Archeologist talks about geological changes that have taken place on the island. We’ll talk to Ben Breton, from the New Haven Historical Society about the native people who lived on the island. Fox Running, the Quinnipiac Medicine Man will share legends and his hopes for the future.
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To listen to a Podcast of your favorite KVGC programming, look in the ”Categories” section in the header. More programs will be added over the coming weeks.
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Market Overdrive from WGN Plus is one of the nation’s premier real estate talk-shows, reaching hundreds of thousands of consumers and industry professionals across the United States.
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Firefighters are problem solvers whose role requires them to be on their best day whilst others are having their worst day, and while we do not claim to be perfect we are willing to put our lives on the line to try. It’s during the trying that we continue to develop the mindset, tactics, and training that allow us to be effective, safe and successful where it’s needed the most, and by sharing our experiences we hope that it may help other Fire Departments in creating what works for them. Sta ...
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show - B-Sides Ep.5
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Do you want to take a trip through Time and Space?! Then tune in to this new episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas! Join Abbey as she continues the count of her list of favorite tunes that didn't get the love they deserved when they first came out. You won't want to miss any of these B-side classics. It's "Stone…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show - B-Sides Ep.4
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Grab a Slice of Pie and listen to some music from All Those Years Ago on the Devils radio the new episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas! Join Abbey as she continues the count of her list of favorite tunes that didn't get the love they deserved when they first came out. You won't want to miss any of these B-side …
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show - B-Sides Ep.3
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Are you feeling the rockabilly blues or maybe a little grunge? Then find your cure by listening to the new episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas! Join Abbey as she continues the count of her list of favorite tunes that didn't get the love they deserved when they first came out. You won't want to miss any of thes…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show - B-Sides Ep.2
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These B-side classics just keep getting better! Listen in to the second installment of the new Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she continues the count of her list of favorite tunes that didn't get the love they deserved when they first came out. You won't want to miss any of these B-side classics. It's "St…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show - B-Sides Ep.1
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New semester, new list, new songs, same rockin' host! This is the first episode back for the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she counts down her list of favorite tunes that didn't get the love they deserved when they first came out. You won't want to miss any of these b-side classics. It's "Stone Cold Craz…
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E269 - School Bus Mass Casualty Event Break Down.
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E269 - School Bus Mass Casualty Event Break Down. This week Todd and Ash debrief a school bus MCI fairly close to home. Thankfully no children had any life threatening injuries. Listen in as they talk about the challenges and all the things that come to mind in an incident like this. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire D…
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (Football: The Ultimate Sport Educator)
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Join Coach Vall and current Calaveras Unified School District Board members, Matt Brock and Bryan Porath, as they discuss how football has changed the lives of so many young people out there including themselves. The gang also reaches out to a former Calaveras Football player and asks for his insights. You're not going to want to miss this one as c…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with Abbey Thomas FINALE
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Tune in to the long-awaited, highly anticipated, knock-your-socks-off FINAL* episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she explores her favorite Top 2 favorite albums of the vinyl era. Wings, Beatles, and some of the best music ever made... what could be better!? It's "Stone Cold Crazy ya know"?! *Tun…
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (Spring & Summer Football)
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Tune in as Coach Val sits down with Calaveras Varsity Head Football Coach, Manny Mossa, and discuss the spring and summer football programs for the upcoming 2024 season. What is year-round preparation like for a high school football coach? Find out all of this and more as conversations kick off in this episode!…
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E268 - Seminar Recap & 2024 BC Fire Chiefs Conference
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E268 - Seminar Recap & 2024 BC Fire Chiefs Conference This week Todd and Ash give a recap from Spring Seminar, and then Ash talks about some of the key take a ways from the 2024 BC Fire Chiefs conference in Kamloops BC including a very moving keynote by Assistant Chief Dr. David Griffin from Charleston NC. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer F…
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (The Media/Internet and High School Football)
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Join Coach Val and current sports editor of the Calaveras Enterprise Newspaper, Guy Dossi as they discuss how the internet and media have had an influence on high school football. How does the internet effect today's players? What is it like to cover a football team for a local newspaper? Find out all of this and more as conversations kick off in t…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with Abbey Thomas Ep. 9
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Tune in to the latest episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she takes on the final 4 on her list of the top 20 albums of the vinyl era. Abbey explores more songs and more chart-topping albums. It's "Stone Cold Crazy ya know"?!By KVGC Radio
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (A Day in the Life of an NFL Referee)
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Join Coach Val and former NFL referee, Pete Morelli, as they discuss Pete's experience as an official in the National Football League. After officiating high school, college, and 21 years in the NFL, Pete has got some great stories from the pros and beyond that you're not going to want to miss. Find out all of this and more as conversations kick of…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with Abbey Thomas Ep. 8
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Tune in to this episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she approaches the final five on her list of the top 20 albums of the vinyl era. Abbey features some of her favorite songs in this episode including one that's "Stone Cold Crazy ya know"?!By KVGC Radio
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (Defensive Football)
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Join Coach Val and Calaveras High School Football Defensive Coordinator Doug Clark as they dig into the different elements of defensive football. Coach Clark has been a Calaveras Football coach for 24 years and will share knowledge and insight into the mind of a defensive player and coach. Find out all of this and more as conversations kick off in …
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (Officiating High School Football)
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Join Coach Val and legendary high school football official, Pat Morelli, as they dive into topics like the relationships between football coaches and referees and training for both parties. Pat has been a football official for 34 years and has several stories you're not going to want to miss! Find out all of this and more as conversations kick off …
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with Abbey Thomas Ep. 7
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The newest installment of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she continues through the top 10 on her list of the top 20 albums of the vinyl era. The Boys Are Back In Town for this episode... It's Stone Cold Crazy ya know?!By KVGC Radio
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (Where Are They Now? Donovan Giangregorio)
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Join Coach Val as he tracks down a former Calaveras High School football player and finds out what they are up to and what is going on in their lives. On this episode, Coach Val has the chance to talk with Donovan Giangregorio, Class of 2021, and current Oregon State University wrestler. Find out all of this and more as conversations kick off in th…
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Let's Talk Football With Coach Val (Pop Warner/Youth Football)
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Join Coach Val as he and Head Varsity Football coach at Calaveras High School, Manny Mossa, explore the Pop Warner/Youth Football program and ask the tough questions. Is it safe for young people to play tackle football? Why should the varsity high school coach care about what is going on at the youth level? Find out all of this and more as conversa…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with Abbey Thomas Ep. 6
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The latest installment of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she cracks the top 10 on her list of the top 20 albums of the vinyl era. David Bowie and Boston in one place... what could be better? It's Stone Cold Crazy ya know?!By KVGC Radio
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E267 - Spring Seminar 2024 Prep This week the boys chat about Spring Seminar 2024 Preparations. What courses the crew is teaching, how they are getting their equipment down and what all to expect. Listen in as they break down the sessions, the weekend and set the table for the upcoming weekend. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters,…
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Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with Abbey Thomas Ep. 5
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The newest episode of the Stone Cold Crazy Countdown Show with your host Abbey Thomas. Join Abbey as she counts down albums 12 & 11 from her list of the top 20 albums of the vinyl era. Listen in as Abbey explores two different genres today in one show! It's Stone Cold Crazy ya know?!By KVGC Radio
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Let's Talk Football with Coach Val (Today's HS Player vs HS Players of Decades Past)
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Join the Voice of Calaveras Football, Coach Val (Gil Valtierra), as he and Coach Scott Anderson discuss the differences between high school football players of today and high school football players of decades past. Are players today not as tough as they used to be? Have participation trophies ruined our competitive edge? How has technology played …
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E266 - Multi Department and Agency Task Force SIM
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E266 - Multi Department and Agency Task Force SIM This week Ash and Todd bring Scott back up to speed on what they have been up to. Ash explains a multi department/multi agency wild fire SIM that he helped set up that seen around 7 departments, BCEHS represented by TODD, RCMP, Search and Rescue as well as BC WildFire Services. What started out as a…
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E265 - BC WILD FIRE - ENGINE BOSS This week we chat about the BC Wild Fire Engine Boss course. Scott, Ash and other members of their department helped BCWFS prep and set up for an engine boss course. They chat about planning, scouting locations and hosting an event like that. Todd was a participant and he breaks down how the course went down and th…
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E264 - How we build a FTX / Scenario - Arson Structure Fires
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E264 - How we build a FTX / Scenario - Arson Structure Fires This week the whole crew is back together and we talk about building a scenario or an FTX. How to plan out whats required, what is expected and how to react when things don’t go as planned. Ash breaks down a recent Arson Scenario where the crew was dispatched to their training grounds wit…
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E263 - Were Back! This week Todd and Ash sit down and update you on what we as a group have been up to. What we have planned in the coming months and more. Thank you for your patients while we transition to the new DTFF! WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and n…
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E262 - Podcast and Brand Update This week we made the tough choice to announce a brief break in podcast episodes. All 3 of us are currently being pulled in many directions outside of the podcast which has made creating content increasingly difficult. We felt it was in ours and our listeners best interest to pause production for what could be a few …
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E261 - New Traditions, Fire Truck Dedications and WildLand Task Force Leader Debrief
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E261 - New Traditions, Fire Truck Dedications and WildLand Task Force Leader Debrief This week welcome Scott back to the studio and get an update on the Wild Land Task Force Leader course he recently took. Todd tells us about a new tradition his department is starting where they dedicate new apparatus to past fire fighters. One in particular was de…
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E259: Cold Weather, Broken Pipes and Structure Fires
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E259: Cold Weather, Broken Pipes and Structure Fires This Todd and Ash get together while Scott is away training and chat about some of the recent calls they ran while dealing with a cold snap of -25 degree days. Both departments were toned out for Structure Fires as well as Fire Suppression pipes freezing and bursting causing large amounts of wate…
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E258: Legacy Home Structure Fire and Cement Truck MVA
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E258: Legacy Home Structure Fire and Cement Truck Rollover This week are back at it with our first episode of 2024. We recap 2 calls, one being a structure fire at a legacy home on New Years Eve, as well as a Cement Truck roll over with entrapment on New Years Day. Both calls brought out unique challenges that the teams had to work around. Listen a…
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E257: Life Imitates Training This week we talk about how often real calls mimic what we train. Train vehicle roll over, call to service for vehicle roll over. Have a scenario about a kitchen fire at the Hockey Arena, call to service for a kitchen fire at the arena. Brinks truck rolls over and they give us all the money…. wishful thinking. Hear us t…
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E256: Embracing Winter. MVA Debrief, VEIS training and Arena Evac break down
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E256: Embracing Winter. MVA Debrief, VEIS training and Arena Evac break down This week we took a look back at our recent training that had Todds department working on VEIS and other search methods. Scott and Ash’s department joined with Parks and Rec to hold an evacuation drill at their local Ice Arena where they added simulated smoke and fire with…
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E255: Planning a Scenario This week we took a listener question and break down how we as a group plan some of our Scenarios / FTX’s. From brainstorming ideas, folding in additional help to implementing the event. Let us know what you do to plan scenarios and how you keep them realistic and high fidelity. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Fir…
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E254 - Positive Pressure Attack, High Quality CPR, BIG Water
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E254 - Positive Pressure Attack, High Quality CPR, BIG Water This week we talk about our recent training evolutions. Scott had half the crew running through water supply and Deck Gun ops, Ash took the other half and ran evolutions on Positive Pressure Attack, Positive Pressure Vent and Hydraulic Ventilation. Todd talked about his training that had …
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E253 - Code 3 driving and ladder competency.
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E253 - Code 3 driving and ladder competency. This week we discuss some tips and tricks to code 3 driving. We follow that up with discussion on our skills night that seen crews throwing ladders on residential and commercial buildings as well as some quick chat on chimney fires WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Departmen…
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E252 - Fire Up The Burn Building. Live Fire is BACK
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E252 - Fire Up The Burn Building. Live Fire is BACK This week we are excited to talk about recent live fire evolutions. Scott and Ash talk about live fire scenario training and Todd talks about evolutions at the training centre in Penticton with his department. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our…
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E251 - Training , Structure Fires and Our New Engine
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E251 - Training , Structure Fires and Our New Engine This week we chat about recent training, the arrival of our new Engine and some of its cool features as well as a small structure fire that seen the new apparatus make an appearance. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from…
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E250 - Fire Prevention Week ,Core Skills Night, Driver Training and Search
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E250 - Fire Prevention Week ,Core Skills Night, Driver Training and Search This week we chat about Fire Prevention week. Todds department held an Open House, so he breaks down what they did with the public and we discuss some of the key things to keep in mind for prevention and safety. We go on to discuss up coming training which will see us doing …
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E249 - Annual Skills Re qualification, and Call Update
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E249 - Annual Skills Re qualification, and Call Update This week we break down our annual skills re qualification night. Talk session break downs and why its good to slow down and re visit the basics on a liability and future training standpoint. We also touch on a recent Motor Vehicle incident that seen a mess of downed lines, some being cable and…
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E248 - Fire Engine Pre Delivery Inspection Road Trip, One last wildfire and Summer Send off activities.
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E248 - Fire Engine Pre Delivery Inspection Road Trip, One last wildfire and Summer Send off activities. This week we get back together after yet another WildFire kicked off in our area. This time only a few KM’s away from Ash’s families cabin up the valley. Todd and Ash talk about how they raced up and did some triage work and then prepped for spri…
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E247 - The Responsibility of the Driver/ Engineer, FTX Recap and looking back on Sept 11th and National Fallen Fire Fighter Day.
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E247 - The Responsibility of the Driver/ Engineer, FTX Recap and looking back on Sept 11th and National Fallen Fire Fighter Day. This week chat about the responsibility that rests on the driver / engineers shoulders. Getting to a call quickly but safely can be one of the toughest parts of a job with current drivers out on the road. We then go onto …
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E246 - BC WildFire Update Part 2 ( Our First Few days )
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E246 - BC WildFire Update Part 2 ( Our First Few days ) This week chat about the first few days of true deployment, which happened to kick off close to home. We discuss what that looked like, what apparatus we deployed and some of the tasks you can expect on a deployment. Stay tuned for part 3 with interviews from others who were out on the line wi…
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E245 - BC WildFire Update Part 1 ( Overview )
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E245 - BC WildFire Update Part 1 ( Overview ) This week take a look at the Forest Fire situation in BC. Discussing some of the fires of note, most of which we have been active on. Tune into the first of a multi part episode as we break down BC’s worst Wild Fire Season to date. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Departme…
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E244 - Training Break Down. Swift Water , Ropes and Auto Extrication
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E244 - Training Break Down. Swift Water , Ropes and Auto Extrication This week were back with another training breakdown. Scott and Ash talk about Swift Water and Rope Rescue and Todd runs us through Auto Extrication training. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old…
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E243 - Eagle Bluff Wildfire Breakdown This week we get back together after a hectic couple weeks and break down the Eagle Bluff Wildfire that kicked off in Washington State, crossed the boarder and entered Osoyoos BC. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new …
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E242 - Structure Protection Units and Sprinkler Tactics
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E242 - Structure Protection Units and Sprinkler Tactics This week we discuss adding SPU kits to our fleet and how we have been training on deploying them in our coverage area. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new tactics in the fire service and adapted th…
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E241 - Chlorine Leak, Rescue Task Force FTX and Smoke Reading
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E241 - Chlorine Leak, Rescue Task Force FTX and Smoke Reading This week we debrief a Chlorine Leak with Todd, Scott and Ash go over their Rescue Task Force FTX and end the weekend with some Smoke Reading. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built our firefighter training from both old and new tactics in th…
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E240 - Interview With Randy Townley From Training Division in Texas
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E240 - Interview With Randy Townley From Training Division in Texas This week we welcomed Randy Townley from Training Division in Crowley Texas onto the podcast. We discuss their programs , why so many Canadians choose Texas, and the differences in fire attacks. WHO WE ARE As a group of Rural Volunteer Firefighters, our Fire Department has built ou…
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E239 - Structure Fire, Multi Patients with heavy exposures
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E239 - Structure Fire, Multi Patients with heavy exposures This week we break down a recent structure fire with reports of patients inside. Ash was IC, Scott assisted as initial attack and then slotted into the Safety Officer role , and Todd got to come up as support when a neighbouring structure was threatened. Hear our views, how it went down and…
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